[lbo-talk] mourn

joanna bujes jbujes at covad.net
Thu Nov 4 22:03:43 PST 2004


That's a flame? I thought it was a gentle gibe.

Joanna

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


>> On Nov 4, 2004, at 7:28 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
>>
>>> Gregory Geboski wrote:
>>>
>>>> ... although I don't think "Don't mourn, organize" is a stupid
>>>> cliche.
>>>
>>>
>>> It is. It's a command to substitute action for thought and feeling, a
>>> classic impulse of American activistism
>>> <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Action.html>.
>>
>>
>> But doesn't organizing also imply thinking hard about *how* to
>> organize? Every successful organizing effort I've taken part in or
>> observed took a lot of careful thought to plan. It's not just
>> mindlessly charging out into the streets, Yoshie-style. :-)
>>
>> Jon Johanning // jjohanning at igc.org
>
>
> Stop flaming.



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